Ekey v. Inge
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, Franklin Circuit Court. — A. McElhinney, Esq., Special Judge. (1) Appellant, by reason of tlie deeds and transfers of possession, is in privity of estate with his grantors in said deeds, and is entitled to the benefit of their possession of said land.
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Appeal from, Franklin Circuit Court. — A. McElhinney, Esq., Special Judge. (1) Appellant, by reason of tlie deeds and transfers of possession, is in privity of estate with his grantors in said deeds, and is entitled to the benefit of their possession of said land. It was not necessary, under the circumstances, that the deeds should have in terms purported to convey any part of the northwest quarter in order to pass the interest of the grantors in the land here in controversy. 3 Washburn on Real Prop. (4 Ed.) 384. The land being known between the parties by the description contained in their…
1Opinion of the Court
S-HEiíwood, J.
Action of ejectment for a strip of ground in Franklin county, lying in the northwest quarter of section six, township forty-two, range one, ■east. This strip, together with a portion of the northeast quarter of that section, had been enclosed by William Osborne, the owner of the northeast quarter, as far back as 1820, and had been by him, and those claiming under him, continually possessed until, some time in 1877, when defendants in the present action prevailed against the plaintiff, who claims under Wm. Osborne, and recovered possession of said strip in an action of ejectment.…
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